Desperately Seeking Music to reduce Anger. Help !!!
Source:
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/604120
Shouting out just ain't working.

Found this:
Music to Soothe Anger: "A Touch of Calm" - Calming, Peaceful, Harmony, Relaxing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2TdvDaS5A

But I think I just want to rage :rage:
Bang a few drums hard and long; better than head-banging against the wall...I suppose...

But, Manson’s “Deformography” worked well in the past — Pinprick

Having listened, read the lyrics and his background - interesting how it might 'work' for some.
Manson. Not for me. But thanks for sharing. What is it about Manson that attracts ?

When you wish upon your star
Don't let yourself fall... fall in too hard

I fell into you now I'm on my back
An insect decaying in your little trap
I squirm into you now I'm in your gut
I fell into you now I'm in a rut

Lift you up like the sweetest angel
I tear you down like a whore
I will bury your god in my warm spit
You'll be deformed in your porn

(Rock star... you're such a)
ROCK STAR, YEAH (you're such a dirty, dirty)
ROCK STAR, YEAH (you're such a dirty, dirty)
ROCK STAR, YEAH (you're such a dirty, dirty)
ROCK STAR, YEAH (dirty, dirty, dirty)

You eat up my heart and all the little parts
Your star is so sharp it leaves me jagged holes
I make myself sick just to poison you
If i can't have you then no one will

You are the one I want and what I want is so unreal
You are the one I want and what I want is so unreal
You are the one I want and what I want is so unreal
You are the one I want and what I want is so unreal

I'm such a dirty rock star yeah

(I am the one you want and what you want is so unreal)

Songwriters: Manson Marilyn, Ramirez Twiggy, Reznor Trent
For non-commercial use only.
Data From: Musixmatch

The Fairy Garden, from the Mother Goose suite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x-u7iw7W1Y

Bolero, of course, if a person isn't already tired of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_pSJOkmYBA

Vltava (The Moldau), here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6kqu2mk-Kw
But the Moldau one of six tone poems in Ma Vlast. — tim wood

Again, a joy to watch the orchestra as they play.

1. Ravel's Le jardin féerique (4:10) - so beautiful and calming; slow and serene for most part.
2. Ravel's Bolero - BBC Proms (14:17) - again intriguing to watch/feel as the music stirs the senses. Intensity increasing. Yes, I'd heard it before and yes, even Barenboim seemed a a bit bored to start with - arms folded then a mere flickering gesture - but still intent, more alive as climax reached.
3. Vitava - The Moldau (14:10). Amazing - strong and joyful - conductor fully engaged. Then a quiet flow from about 5:43 - 8:37 when wow, everything took off - wonderful right to the end.

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About a billion years ago, I visited a friend who had music playing in the background.
Afterwards, I discovered it had been one of Bruckner's Symphonies. No idea which one.
So, I had a look today and found this:

In a concert review, Bernard Holland described parts of the first movements of Bruckner's sixth and seventh symphonies as follows: "There is the same slow, broad introduction, the drawn-out climaxes that grow, pull back and then grow some more – a sort of musical coitus interruptus."[45] — Wiki: Bruckner

Anton Bruckner, Symphony No 7 in E major, 1 - Allegro moderato (22:53)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ungh7fl93lI

sometimes I am shocked into intense lasting pleasure (superior to even the best sex) by transcendent artistry. It is this that I seek as a listener. — magritte

Talking about being 'transported' or music that 'sends' you...
I posted a question here:
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/603578
Re: a Guardian article of someone's playlist. An example given of best music to have sex to.

It reminded me of comments here - and wondered if anyone had an example of the most erotic classical music ? The sexiest.
Orgasmic moments...as the music comes to a climax ?
No intimate details required :yikes:
Unless you feel that way inclined...

@180 Proof - and anyone else - what do you play when...?

Playlists for particular passions/hobbies/events ?

The best song to have sex to
Pony by Ginuwine. It’s predictable: it’s the Magic Mike song. But I don’t play music when I have sex. I’ve been married for 25 years, we’re lucky if we do it. Maybe I should put it on.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/oct/04/i-dont-play-music-when-i-have-sex-maybe-i-should-michelle-visages-honest-playlist

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Ginuwine - Pony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbnoG2dsUk0

"Four members of the band had taken on a fifth element." — 180 Proof

"Passion, honesty and competence >>> absolute musical heaven".
Could do with more of these ingredients - almost anywhere >>> 'A Good Stew' !
:sparkle:

@180 Proof you have the best taste on here — Albero

Whadya mean, huh ? :naughty:

Do you not just adore this :love:
David Cassidy - Daydreamer (Top of the Pops)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ybu3vKZ_Lz0

For sure, @180 Proof has pretty damned good taste - especially when it agrees with mine :wink:

I've given up on making :up: :100: and :fire: emoticons every time I appreciate a link from anyone. Too many fantastic 'new' to me, as well as old, cool songs :cool:
Hope y'all feel the lurv, anyway :kiss:

Roy Orbison - I Drove All Night (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5N9IHqqGcA

Lindsey Buckingham - On The Wrong Side (Official Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-IKgoPjv00

Ella Fitzgerald This Can't Be Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1GJLFVFV7s

Thank you.

My Back Pages
Bob Dylan
Crimson flames tied through my ears
Rolling high and mighty traps
Pounced with fire on flaming roads
Using ideas as my maps
"We'll meet on edges, soon," said I
Proud 'neath heated brow
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now

Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth
"Rip down all hate," I screamed
Lies that life is black and white
Spoke from my skull, I dreamed
Romantic facts of musketeers
Foundationed deep, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now

Girl's faces formed the forward path
From phony jealousy
To memorizing politics of ancient history
Flung down by corpse evangelists
Unthought of, though, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now

A self-ordained professor's tongue
Too serious to fool
Spouted out that liberty is just equality in school
"Equality," I spoke the word
As if a wedding vow
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now

In a soldier's stance, I aimed my hand
At the mongrel dogs who teach
Fearing not I'd become my enemy
In the instant that I preach
My existence led by confusion boats
Mutiny from stern to bow
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now

Yes, my guard stood hard when abstract threats
Too noble to neglect
Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect
Good and bad, I define these terms
Quite clear, no doubt, somehow
Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now

Songwriters: Bob Dylan
For non-commercial use only.
Data from: Musixmatch

Clean Bandit - Symphony (feat. Zara Larsson) [Official Video]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatr_2MstrI

I've been hearing symphonies
Before all I heard was silence
A rhapsody for you and me
And every melody is timeless
Life was stringing me along
Then you came and you cut me loose
Was solo singing on my own
Now I can't find the key without you

And now your song is on repeat
And I'm dancin' on to your heartbeat
And when you're gone, I feel incomplete
So if you want the truth

I just wanna be part of your symphony
Will you hold me tight and not let go?
Symphony
Like a love song on the radio
Will you hold me tight and not let go?

I'm sorry if it's all too much
Every day you're here, I'm healing
And I was runnin' out of luck
I never thought I'd find this feeling
'Cause I've been hearing symphonies
Before all I heard was silence
A rhapsody for you and me
(A rhapsody for you and me)
And every melody is timeless

And now your song is on repeat
And I'm dancin' on to your heartbeat
And when you're gone, I feel incomplete
So if you want the truth

I just wanna be part of your symphony
Will you hold me tight and not let go?
Symphony
Like a love song on the radio
Will you hold me tight and not let go?

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah ah, ah
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
Ah ah, ah

And now your song is on repeat
And I'm dancin' on to your heartbeat
And when you're gone, I feel incomplete
So if you want the truth
Oh, oh, oh

I just wanna be part of your symphony
Will you hold me tight and not let go?
Symphony
Like a love song on the radio
Symphony
Will you hold me tight and not let go?
Symphony
Like a love song on the radio
Will you hold me tight and not let go?

Songwriters: Steve Mac, Ammar Malik, Ina Wroldsen, Jack Robert Patterson
For non-commercial use only.
Data from: Musixmatch

Elton John, Dua Lipa - Cold Heart (PNAU Remix) (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qod03PVTLqk

Haircut 100 - Fantastic Day (Official Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsF4suwvpsY

Thanks for all of this. Especially:

Britten has composed music a little easier to listen to - although I find all of his difficult. Four Sea Interludes, here, perfectly musical but challenging:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J20ROYLZfX0 — tim wood

A perfect choice of a video -
I listened and watched in sheer delight.
Shared it here:
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/602411

:sparkle:

Britten - Four Sea Interludes - Gardner (16:35)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J20ROYLZfX0

Benjamin Britten
4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op 33a
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Edward Gardner
London, Proms 2010

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Thanks to @tim wood - https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/602338
I would have given up on Britten but this - this is a delight.
1. Dawn
2. Sunday Morning
3. Moonlight
4. Storm

Love, love, love watching the orchestra members, their instruments and conductor.
Easy on the eye and ear.

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From a grim story. First told in a poem and then opera - 'Peter Grimes'.

The opera is set in Aldeburgh, a real town in Suffolk on the east coast of the British Isles, and a real man named Peter Grimes lived there sometime in the late 18th Century. British poet George Crabbe was a resident of Aldeburgh, and in 1810 set the woeful tale to a poem he called “The Burrough.” *
Benjamin Britten also lived in that town from 1938 until his death, and grew up just 30 miles from Aldeburgh.

The opera narrates the story of the gruff fisherman, Peter Grimes, held responsible for the deaths of his young apprentices (his fishing “first mates”), who is then demonized by his fellow villagers, finally going insane from the guilt they inflict upon him. — Music program notes - Britten - Four Sea Interludes

https://www.musicprogramnotes.com/britten-four-sea-interludes-from-peter-grimes-op-33a/
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* https://allpoetry.com/The-Borough.-Letter-XXII:-Peter-Grimes
I think I would rather listen to this than read it. It's VERY long :chin:
Then again...perhaps not. Librivox version :scream:

I have never seen a hole cut through a headstone, — Michael Zwingli

See Circle:
https://stoneletters.com/blog/gravestone-symbols

Haha, and I thought I was the only one... — Michael Zwingli

Ah well, I was using a bit of poetic licence - I gain a sense of perspective whenever I visit graveyards or listen to haunting imagery. It isn't a hobby.

I do enjoy the peace of old graveyards - rarely anyone there - the headstones leaning in the grass.
I wonder about the lives of the people - only a glimpse on headstones.

Re: Symbolism. A particular symbol stood out. It was white and looked modern.
A perfect circle. A hole carved into the stone. Eternity.
And of course - the spiritual symbol of the Celtic cross.

:sparkle:

After listening to Sabaton:
SABATON - Great War (Official Lyric Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mt4B5Z8uLA

Watching this:
Interview With Pär Sundström from Sabaton I THE GREAT WAR Special
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVnMgtC5N34

Listening to this:
Interview With Pär Sundström from Sabaton I THE GREAT WAR Special
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVnMgtC5N34

Sabaton is a Heavy Metal band from Sweden. Battles and events during World War 1 inspired them to do multiple songs about them and Indy is talking with bass player Pär Sundström about the process.

They listen to the stories of the people whose countries they visit.
A fascinating and intelligent conversation.
Just wished they had included the songs being talked about !!

The words, if not the songs, are known to the audience and they shout them out during a performance.
I think that was in Serbia...
Also information about Bulgaria - and so on.

The entire notion of music being in itself a matter of class is absurd, having nothing to do with music. Akin to saying that girls cannot "do" maths. What element? I did not have anything particular in mind, but curiosity, willingness, and an openness might do for starters. — tim wood

Curious about this ?

SABATON - Great War (Official Lyric Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mt4B5Z8uLA

The band's main lyrical themes are based on war, historical battles, and acts of heroism[35]—the name is a reference to a sabaton, knight's foot armor.

SABATON - Great War (Official Lyric Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mt4B5Z8uLA

I haven't listened to Britten's 'War Requiem', have you ?
I was looking for Owen's poem 'Futility' within but perhaps will need to listen to the whole piece.
Found it. *
Listened to part of this - but my ears are turning off... "Not for me"...
[ Edit: I meant the music not the letter as read, here:

Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem": A Letter From Wilfred Owen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTlGGqR5jUU

At Britten's request, there was no applause following the performance.[14] It was a triumph, and critics and audiences at this and subsequent performances in London and abroad hailed it as a contemporary masterpiece.[15]

Writing to his sister after the premiere, Britten said of his music, "I hope it'll make people think a bit." On the title page of the score he quoted Wilfred Owen:

My subject is War, and the pity of War.

The Poetry is in the pity ...

All a poet can do today is warn.

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The work consists of six movements:

Requiem aeternam (10 minutes)
Requiem aeternam (chorus and boys' choir)
"What passing bells" (tenor solo) – Owen's "Anthem for Doomed Youth"
Kyrie eleison (chorus)

Dies irae (27 minutes)
Dies irae (chorus)
"Bugles sang" (baritone solo) – Owen's "But I was Looking at the Permanent Stars"
Liber scriptus (soprano solo and semi-chorus)
"Out there, we walked quite friendly up to death" (tenor and baritone soli) – Owen's "The Next War"
Recordare (women's chorus)
Confutatis (men's chorus)
"Be slowly lifted up" (baritone solo) – Owen's "Sonnet On Seeing a Piece of our Heavy Artillery Brought into Action"
Reprise of Dies irae (chorus)
* Lacrimosa (soprano and chorus) interspersed with "Move him, move him" (tenor solo) – Owen's "Futility"

Offertorium (10 minutes)
Domine Jesu Christe (boys' choir)
Sed signifer sanctus (chorus)
Quam olim Abrahae (chorus)
Isaac and Abram (tenor and baritone soli) – Owen's "The Parable of the Old Man and the Young"
Hostias et preces tibi (boys' choir)
Reprise of Quam olim Abrahae (chorus)

Sanctus (10 minutes)
Sanctus and Benedictus (soprano solo and chorus)
"After the blast of lightning" (baritone solo) – Owen's "The End"

Agnus Dei (4 minutes)
Agnus Dei (chorus) interspersed with "One ever hangs" (chorus; tenor solo) – Owen's "At a Calvary near the Ancre"

Libera me (23 minutes)
Libera me (soprano solo and chorus)
Strange Meeting ("It seemed that out of battle I escaped") (tenor and baritone soli) – Owen's "Strange Meeting"
In paradisum (organ, boys' chorus, soprano and mixed chorus)

Conclusion – Requiem Aeternam and Requiescant in Pace (organ, boys' choir and mixed chorus)

— Wiki: War Requiem

Poetry in a letter:

Benjamin Britten's "War Requiem": A Letter From Wilfred Owen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTlGGqR5jUU

At Britten's request, there was no applause following the performance.[14] It was a triumph, and critics and audiences at this and subsequent performances in London and abroad hailed it as a contemporary masterpiece.[15] Writing to his sister after the premiere, Britten said of his music, "I hope it'll make people think a bit." On the title page of the score he quoted Wilfred Owen:

My subject is War, and the pity of War.

The Poetry is in the pity ...

All a poet can do today is warn.

— Wiki: War Requiem

James Rhodes is an engaging pianist with some Youtube videos. — tim wood

Yes. Thanks again for introduction.

As a deliberate experiment I planted a restive three-year-old in front of it, and she was transfixed. Almost a bet-you-can't-eat-just-one moment. — tim wood

Yes well. I can't help but think of other 3yr olds fixed to the spot by poverty, hunger and illness.
Different worlds, needs and wants.
Still, I get your point...

Try it yourself: recover for a moment your inner three-year-old and allow yourself to be bumped into by the music and tumbled and tickled by it in delight. In an adult of course, we might call that "engagement." — tim wood

Well, that didn't happen - my inner child in hiding.
However, a tired adult in the evening was mesmerised.

I hear in it, though, Irish folk rhythms, and some Stravinsky, here, at 7:55 and following for as long as patience allows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOZmlYgYzG4 — tim wood

Yes, I can hear it. Thanks for drawing it to my attention. How on earth did that connection click with you.
Your musical memory magnetised?

‘Futility’ has been twice arranged into a musical setpiece before – once, in 1982, when Virginia Astley set ‘Futility’ to music, later going to the 1983 album, Promise Nothing, — poem analysis - wilfred owen - futility

Virginia Astley - Futility (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1HmFmYvdnE

Following on from:
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/602150

‘Futility’ has been twice arranged into a musical setpiece before – once, in 1982, when Virginia Astley set ‘Futility’ to music, later going to the 1983 album, Promise Nothing, and once in 1961 as part of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem.
— poem analysis - wilfred owen - futility

Virginia Astley • Morning: From Gardens Where We Feel Secure (1983) UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz2capQY-ak

Edit: Eventually found futility !

Virginia Astley - Futility (1983)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1HmFmYvdnE

Trouble is I can't make out if she's singing Owen's poem or not...

Thank you. The war poems - always moving - the awful personal circumstances and philosophy of war expressed. Wanting to find out more about this poem and its meaning, I found this:
https://poemanalysis.com/wilfred-owen/futility/

I am sure there are many more interpretations.
Also of interest:

‘Futility’ has been twice arranged into a musical setpiece before – once, in 1982, when Virginia Astley set ‘Futility’ to music, later going to the 1983 album, Promise Nothing, and once in 1961 as part of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem. — poem analysis - wilfred owen - futility

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Now, don't make me cart my copy of "Best Loved Poems of the American People" out of mothballs... — Michael Zwingli

I first read that as 'out of mouthballs' ! [ hmm, mothballs > gob balls > gob=mouth ]

Also made me wonder about war poets from other countries.
War is global; impacting many. Voices not heard or listened to. So, for a different perspective, I googled Russian female war poets and discovered more than I bargained for.
A very long alphabetical list of countries.
https://femalewarpoets.blogspot.com/p/female-poets-of-first-world-war-revised.html

Scrolled down, down, down to Russia...
I wanted to read the poems of 2 women soldier poets but a further search failed.
However, here's something about Marina Tsvietaieva and one of her poems:

From: https://femalewarpoets.blogspot.com/2014/12/marina-tsvietaieva-1892-1941-russian.html

Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich set some of Marina’s poems to music and in 2003 an opera about her was performed in New York – “Marina: A Captive Spirit.”

Here is a translation of one of Marina's poems:

I Know the Truth

This truth I know – all other truths must cease
Our useless struggle no longer can appease.
For it is evening and the earth by night will soon be covered
What are you discussing? Poets? Generals? Lovers?

The wind has softened and the earth is damp with dew
The galaxy of stars above will soon be but a few
And together we beneath the earth will slumber -
We, who gave no others peace but constant thunder. — female war poets

As in Owen's 'Futility' - the life, death, nature connection is clear.
And even as it questions our gatherings of thoughts - do they matter? - it shows a sense of togetherness. A philosophical, personal 'truth' which inspired others.

I walk through graveyards for perspective.

That's not so fine.
Just as well they found their own voice.

Nigel Kennedy, Riders on The Storm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vIxwAV35dc

Nice try, lovely even, Nigel, but...
Something lost in translating the fire and storm of the Doors.

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The Doors - Riders on the Storm (Official Audio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G2-FPlvY58

With an intoxicating, genre-blending sound, provocative and uncompromising songs, and the mesmerizing power of singer Jim Morrison’s poetry and presence, The Doors had a transformative impact not only on popular music but on popular culture.

The Doors’ arrival on the rock scene in 1967 marked not only the start of a string of hit singles and albums that would become classics, but also of something much bigger – a new and deeper relationship between creators and audience. Refusing to be mere entertainers, the Los Angeles quartet relentlessly challenged, confronted and inspired their fans, leaping headfirst into the heart of darkness while other bands warbled about peace and love. Though they’ve had scores of imitators, there’s never been another band quite like them.

Aspirational achievement lies within the capacity of everyone, and the appreciation of it I'd call taste and discernment, which anyone can learn and do. And high achievement and the appreciation of it does have some element. — tim wood

People can aspire to achieve X. But I am not convinced it lies within everyone's capacity.
What is the 'element' you refer to ?

This discussion has been thought-provoking; incorporating and swaying away from its title.
It would spoil the flow to start another thread, probably.
Philosophy of aesthetics can lead anywhere.

Related to the topic of 'aspirational achievement', I found this abstract of an article ( below).
If we have as a goal, a life well lived, we should, arguably, try to savour all kinds of everything.
Is there a fear attached to going beyond one's little word...of becoming something else, an other.
How often do we hear a ''That's not for me, I hate classical/pop/jazz...!"
Our own minds can limit us.

Unfortunately, and perhaps ironically, I don't have access to the full article...

I argue that we are subject to ‘aesthetic luck’ in four senses: constitutive, upbringing, sociogeographic, and circumstantial. I review evidence from our practices, philosophy, and science. I then consider what challenges aesthetic luck raises to the communicability of aesthetic judgments, the formation of one’s aesthetic character, and the goal of a life well lived, as well as possible answers to those challenges. — Oxford Academic: The Monist - Aesthetic Luck

Following the discussion on 'musical segregation',
https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/comment/601464

Nigel Kennedy plays a barnstorming version of Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg_uEQdtn9U

Crossover violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy has spent the past 30 years interpreting the works of legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Here, accompanied by the Polish Chamber Orchestra, Nigel Kennedy puts his unique personal spin on Jimi Hendrix’s classic song “Purple Haze” during a concert at La Citadelle in Carcassonne, France, on July 17, 2005.

You might like this about 'musical segregation':

Throughout his career, Nigel Kennedy has had run-ins with what he calls the “self-appointed wielders of power”. The latest came last week, when he pulled out of a gig at the Royal Albert Hall two days before showtime, accusing organisers Classic FM of preventing him performing a Jimi Hendrix tribute, which they deemed “unsuitable for our audience”.

“This is musical segregation,” he said as the news broke. “If it was applied to people, it would be illegal. If that type of mentality is rampant in the arts, then we still haven’t fixed the problem of prejudice. This is much more serious than my feathers being a bit ruffled. Prejudice in music is completely dreadful. They’re effectively saying that Hendrix is all right in the Marquee Club, but not in the Albert Hall.”...

...as a compromise, he agreed to perform Four Seasons, with Chineke!, an orchestra of young black and ethnically diverse musicians, if he could also do Hendrix’s Little Wing in the style of pastoral composer Vaughan Williams...

Kennedy argues that for all Hendrix’s “mind-blowing” guitar-playing, his genius extends to composition. “The songs he wrote and forms he took were very different … more free-flowing structure, loosening of the edges. A groundbreaker.”
— Guardian - Nigel Kennedy - Classic FM fight

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/sep/28/nigel-kennedy-classic-fm-fight-hendrix-beethoven-vivaldi-des-oconnor-duke-ellington

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Nigel Kennedy plays a barnstorming version of Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg_uEQdtn9U

Crossover violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy has spent the past 30 years interpreting the works of legendary rock guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Here, accompanied by the Polish Chamber Orchestra, Nigel Kennedy puts his unique personal spin on Jimi Hendrix’s classic song “Purple Haze” during a concert at La Citadelle in Carcassonne, France, on July 17, 2005.

[ Spoiler Alert -
Spine chilling, thrilling ending...at 7:34...with audience joining in...clapping as music...as one.
But you need to watch/listen from start to really feel this. Like any climax :fire: ]

The Archies - Sugar, Sugar (Original 1969 Music Video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nE2spOw_o

"Sugar, Sugar" is one of 16 animated music segments created to be shown on "The Archie Comedy Hour" on CBS-TV in 1969, and the song is included on The Archies' 2nd album, "Everything's Archie," also released in 1969. The single was released in 1969, backed with "Melody Hill," and quickly rose to the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, where it remained for 4 weeks, giving The Archies their first gold record ("Jingle Jangle" was their second gold record), and becoming the #1 song for 1969 according to Billboard magazine. Lead vocals were provided by Ron Dante, with backing vocals by Toni Wine. Music was by session muscians known as The Wrecking Crew.

Too much Sugar is bad for you :mask:

MARINA - Soft To Be Strong [Official Audio - with lyrics]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHAvNp1DisA

"I created ‘Love + Fear’ as 2 separate records to be listened to individually. A lot of us think of love as positive and fear as negative but the truth is there are positives found within fear and negatives found in love. One of the things I struggled with in the past was letting fear get in the way of love. Love scared me so much. ( Um... remember Electra Heart?!). This record is a result of working through that." - M — Marina

MARINA - To Be Human (Official Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM8Tm9ycGz4

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MARINA - Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land (Official Visual)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V17JN76uxc

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Ever since I heard the Animals sing that, it has become the soundtrack of more of my life than was strictly necessary. — Valentinus

The Animals version was the first I heard too. For me, then, just a bit of pop.
So, being misunderstood - that sounds like the start of a long story.
A philosopher's tragic tale ?
Sometimes a comedy...

Thought some might be interested in this:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/sep/27/gorton-manchester-camerata-orchestra-helps-people-with-dementia-write-music

...the 82-year-old has been back in the monastery for something that at first sounds unlikely: a songwriting session for people living with dementia. It went so well that his daughter, Pauline Rawlins, now calls him “Gorton’s McCartney”. She is delighted the Camerata has come to Gorton: “Usually we don’t get things like this here.”

Asked to brainstorm the theme of autumn, her dad mused that “it comes and goes” – a line the Camerata’s musicians quickly improvised into a rather melancholic song, with percussion provided by the other participants and their carers, as well as music therapists.

Another funny but oh... so meaningful :nerd:
It won my heart :cool: :love:

Roberto Fabbri - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Videoclip)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dge8URTAE3g

Regia: Matteo Vicino
Sceneggiatura: Piero Balzoni
Musicisti: Roberto Fabbri, Paolo Bontempi, Leonardo Gallucci, Luigi Sini.
Ballerine: Elena Presti, Flaminia Candelori

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Elvis Costello - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE1axH-PocI

Concierto de Aranjuez - Joaquín Rodrigo II. Adagio / Pablo Sáinz-Villegas - LIVE (12:38)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzEFQW9CXGc

Radio and Television Orchestra of Spain
Pablo Sáinz-Villegas, Spanish Guitar
Carlos Kalmar, Conductor / Director
Teatro Monumental
Madrid 24/04/2015